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The GE 12SL Algorithm plays a crucial role in detecting heart issues for both men and women.
Gender-Specific Interpretation:Just like children, adult men and women exhibit differences in their ECGs. The GE Marquette 12SL Algorithm incorporates gender-specific criteria for evaluating the ST segment and T-wave of the ECG waveform.By doing so, it improves sensitivity to acute myocardial infarction (MI) in women and enhances diagnostic confidence.Specifically, it enhances the sensitivity for detecting acute anterior MI from 42% to 48% in women under the age of 60.Heart attack symptoms can v
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Feb 28th 2024
How Covid-19 Accelerated Technology In Healthcare?
Covid-19 has changed the course of healthcare all over the world, and the industry has been transformed with technology. Since the pandemic outbreak, the use of technology in healthcare has only accelerated and helped make healthcare facilities more accessible while reducing the risk of spreading the virus further.The use of technology in healthcare was already growing at a rapid pace before the pandemic, but the COVID-19 outbreak has accelerated it big time. The use of digital health technology
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Mar 23rd 2021
How COVID-19 Pandemic Helped Reveal Systemic Flaws In The American Healthcare System?
COVID-19 has been around for more than a year now and it has certainly changed the perspective of life for many. The pandemic spread through the country quicker than anyone would have expected and it really exposed the US healthcare system which appears to be unprepared to handle this type of crisis.Long before we knew it, the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the systemic flaws in the American healthcare system. As the number of patients started to rise at an alarming rate, the healthcare system faile
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Feb 12th 2021
Mental Health Care: Using Technology To Expand Mental Health Care
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted our lives in unprecedented ways and has highlighted the need for tech-enabled healthcare solutions. With mental health equally affected by the pandemic as physical health, modern technology and the latest tools can be helpful in expanding mental health care in ways we might not have been familiar with in the past.Even though the adoption of tech-enabled tools and solutions across behavioral healthcare has increased in recent years, things seem to have been fast-tr
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Jan 28th 2021
Understanding the New Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
After almost a year since the COVID-19 outbreak, the vaccines for the virus have started rolling out in several countries. Among these, the most effective vaccine until now is the BNT162b2 from Pfizer/BioNTech. During phase 3 trials, the vaccine proved to be almost 95% effective which is the highest among all other vaccines around. Here are some details to better understand this new Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine.What Is The Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine?The Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vacc
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Jan 19th 2021